Women's Basketball
D'Amico , Melissa
Melissa D'Amico
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- damicoml@wfu.edu
- Phone:
- 336-758-4596
Melissa D'Amico joined the women's basketball staff in June of 2018 as an assistant coach, working primarily with the Wake Forest post players.
She has been a key reason to the Demon Deacons dominance on the boards over the past two seasons. Entering ACC play in 2019-20, Wake ranked second in the nation in rebounding margin (+14.5) while also being in the top 20 in both total rebounds per game (44.5) and defensive rebounds per game (30.4).
Christina Morra had a breakout campaign on the low block in 2019-20, averaging 8.7 points and 4.8 rebounds as a sophomore.
D'Amico joined the Demon Deacons following a three-year stint at Yale where she served as the recruiting coordinator while coaching the posts and forwards. While with the Bulldogs, D'Amico mentored the team's leading scorer, Nyasha Sarju, who improved her scoring by eight points per game and rebounding by three boards per game under D'Amico's watch. She was also responsible for coaching Jennifer Berkowitz, who was named All-Ivy League honorable mention in 2017 before being named First Team All-Ivy League in 2018.
D'Amico was also responsible for all facets of recruiting, including budgeting, recruiting lists, travel and visits. During her time, D'Amico successfully recruited the Texas Large Private School Player of the Year as well as the 2018 Colorado Gatorade Player of the Year to Yale.
Following her first year on staff at Yale, D'Amico was named a recipient of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association "Thirty Under 30", which recognizes 30 up-and-coming women's basketball coaches age 30 and under at all levels of the game.
Before Yale, D'Amico spent two seasons as an assistant women's basketball coach at Colgate. She served as the program's top assistant and was an integral part in leading the Raiders to their best season since the 2003-04 Patriot League Championship team.
While at Colgate, she helped the team achieve its best conference winning percentage since 2005-06. During the two seasons, the Raiders had their highest win total in a decade and hosted a Patriot League tournament game for the first time since 2003-04.
D'Amico joined the Colgate staff following a five-year professional basketball career in Europe and Asia.
A 2008 graduate of Notre Dame with a degree in science-business, D'Amico was a four-year letterwinner who started in 58 of 119 games for the Fighting Irish. She received Big East Player of the Week honors in both 2006 and 2007. In her four-year career, Notre Dame was ranked as high as fourth in the nation, made an NCAA Sweet 16 appearance, and was 90-39 overall.
She has been a key reason to the Demon Deacons dominance on the boards over the past two seasons. Entering ACC play in 2019-20, Wake ranked second in the nation in rebounding margin (+14.5) while also being in the top 20 in both total rebounds per game (44.5) and defensive rebounds per game (30.4).
Christina Morra had a breakout campaign on the low block in 2019-20, averaging 8.7 points and 4.8 rebounds as a sophomore.
D'Amico joined the Demon Deacons following a three-year stint at Yale where she served as the recruiting coordinator while coaching the posts and forwards. While with the Bulldogs, D'Amico mentored the team's leading scorer, Nyasha Sarju, who improved her scoring by eight points per game and rebounding by three boards per game under D'Amico's watch. She was also responsible for coaching Jennifer Berkowitz, who was named All-Ivy League honorable mention in 2017 before being named First Team All-Ivy League in 2018.
D'Amico was also responsible for all facets of recruiting, including budgeting, recruiting lists, travel and visits. During her time, D'Amico successfully recruited the Texas Large Private School Player of the Year as well as the 2018 Colorado Gatorade Player of the Year to Yale.
Following her first year on staff at Yale, D'Amico was named a recipient of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association "Thirty Under 30", which recognizes 30 up-and-coming women's basketball coaches age 30 and under at all levels of the game.
Before Yale, D'Amico spent two seasons as an assistant women's basketball coach at Colgate. She served as the program's top assistant and was an integral part in leading the Raiders to their best season since the 2003-04 Patriot League Championship team.
While at Colgate, she helped the team achieve its best conference winning percentage since 2005-06. During the two seasons, the Raiders had their highest win total in a decade and hosted a Patriot League tournament game for the first time since 2003-04.
D'Amico joined the Colgate staff following a five-year professional basketball career in Europe and Asia.
A 2008 graduate of Notre Dame with a degree in science-business, D'Amico was a four-year letterwinner who started in 58 of 119 games for the Fighting Irish. She received Big East Player of the Week honors in both 2006 and 2007. In her four-year career, Notre Dame was ranked as high as fourth in the nation, made an NCAA Sweet 16 appearance, and was 90-39 overall.
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